Global cloud top height and thermodynamic phase distributions as obtained by SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4499-4507

  Kokhanovsky, A A ^a   Vountas, M ^a   Rozanov, V V ^a   Lotz, W ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; OXYGEN; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

GLOBAL AVERAGE CLOUD TOP HEIGHT; GLOBAL CLOUD PHASE INDEX MAP; SEMI-ANALYTICAL CLOUD RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD; ENVISAT-1; HEIGHT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 34748854856     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701250366     Document Type: Article

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